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Would it be the end of the world to just forget about putting the pick guard on?

Ya know, I've never had much luck with on-line dating...

Just a quick update on this, a little over 8 months later: A month ago I bought a mid-1930s Kalamazoo KM-11 flat top, which I thought would be the closest I got for a while to a teens or twenties...

Actually, I'm afraid that your recollection of these experiments is not quite right. Yes, some of the very same brain areas 'light up' in fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) studies where...

Ah, the madness of human perception! We manage to fool ourselves all the time, and that's a fact. If you happen to believe that something will change the tone of your instrument, then it absolutely,...

Take a look at this thread, two options.

To the best of my knowledge there are no surviving Gibson factory documents with production totals for the year 1923. I have produced the following estimated production, using my own private serial...

To the best of my knowledge there are no surviving Gibson factory documents with production totals for the year 1923.

However, I estimate that Gibson produced about 3,000 instruments with serial...

I recently acquired a copy of "Forty progressive studies for the mandoline, Op. 50" by George H Hucke from the BMG collection. As I hadn't seen a copy available I have scanned it and uploaded it...

That number could also have been used in 1974 or 75, which was during Gibson's worst period.

If it's an F-5 and has dots in the fingerboard, it was made in the '60's. If it has fancy fingerboard...

:mandosmiley::mandosmiley::mandosmiley:

I'm pleased to announce my investigation about the first American-made mandolin.
Thanks to the enormous support from many friends and a tremendous amount...

So, I couldn't keep quiet. I have to come back to that comment that this mandolin has clearly been tarted up to within an inch of its life. I really do consider that a slur on my workmanship....

Thank you Peter (Cobalt) for drawing my attention to this thread - I hadn't spotted it.

I will do my best to satisfy everyone's curiosity, but first I must make it clear that I do have a financial...

When learning, whether a passage in a tune or a technique alone, you of course pay attention to the aspects you are working on. This could be technical or timing/phrasing. The eventual goal is to...

Pick-up notes and lead-in notes are the same thing.
Grace-notes (sometimes referred to as Slip-notes) have absolutely no connection to the subject at hand.
To get an idea as to what a grace (slip)...

You bring up an oft overlooked fact regarding the sound of certain models. I speak in terms of side height without the top and back. Oval hole A-models are 1-1/2" tall, whereas the F-models...

I've been thinking about the whole "doesn't sound like a mandolin to me" idea. I've been amused when, on occasion, some member here on the Cafe has argued that only sound characteristics like the...

I think this idea is just a bit mistaken (sorry). See the diagram below. To have the same mass-per-unit-length, and therefore to have the same tension when brought up to pitch, a hex core needs to be...

You start a thread with a strongly worded title, offer up a cautionary tale with little or no logical explanation - and you categorize people that have other experiences as emotional? Perhaps your...

I use J74s on my ‘14 Gibson A without any problem. Their necks are shorter and beefier.

I suspect that strings back in the teens and twenties were heavier anyway and people didn’t agonise over...

Nah, just honored to have contributed a useful (IMHO, anyway) phrase and concept to our ongoing discussions of "what mandolin should I buy?"

For those unfamiliar, I was reacting to the threads...

I’m confused. Are we talking about flatwound strings?

Most wound strings use a round core. Hex core is the exception, usually advertised.

There are several makers of flatwound strings, with...

I made an webapp a while back that does what I think you're asking:
chords.cc
Also if you have any suggestions for improvements I'd be happy to consider them...
Cheers,
Jerry

Nobody, I would leave the mountain in its natural state and ride my fat bike there with a mandolin slung over my shoulder and have a picnic and play old-time music once I get to the summit.